perchloride

Officials said today that one of two chemical substances seized in the Paris raid was iron perchloride, which could have been used in a chemical or bomb attack.

Wanting to inject iron perchloride coagulant into an aneurysm, Pravaz adapted Rynd's needle, rather than using the usual suction tube.

The official said iron perchloride, which is used among other things for engraving and the manufacture of electronic circuits, is highly toxic and can be explosive if mixed with other chemicals.

I savoured the familiar names: Sweet Spirits of Nitre, Tincture of Camphor, Chlorodyne, Formalin, Salammoniac, Hexamine, Sugar of Lead, Linimentum Album, Perchloride of Mercury, Red Blister.